Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12825, Jacob Dutcher, Mass. New York

SERVICE Mass.
New York
Dutcher, Jacob
NUMBER
S 12825
boarded
CONTENTS

14076 14/6/24 New York
Jacob Dutcher
of York in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Campbell of the Regt commanded by Col Hewes in the M V me* line for 24 mo
I was not entitled vid. John Valen tine & Jonathan Drown's paper
Enrolled on the Roll of New York at the rate of 88 Dollars 08 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of May 1839 and sent to John W. Taylor U.S.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $160.00 Per-ant. allowance ending Sept 1st 1833 140.00
$300.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book 6 Vol. 4 Page 3
* N.Y. Mass. Jan 27/36. Records completed.

The City County of New York ss. On this Twelfth day of October A.D. 1832. personally appeared before me Justices of the Supreme Court of the City of New York now sitting. Mark Fletcher a student of said City aged fifty seven years on the 4th day of June of August last past was being first duly sworn, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act, "to be entitled to a pension" of 1832. That he was born at Philips Town Dutchess County (now Putnam) in the State of New York - That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the fall of the year 1780 at Philips Town a-coursed for one year in the Regiment of New York State Troops commanded by Colonel Hugh Hoes. John Campbell Major in the Company commanded by Captain John Van Klief. That after serving that year and he got a discharge from his Major which was soon lost, that his service was all in garrison at Continental village near Fort Montgomery in the Highlands on the North River -
That immediately after this & in the fall or winter of 1781 he again enlisted for three years in the Army of the United States in the 10th Regiment of Massachusetts Infantry commanded by Colonel Jackson (he thinks his Colonel's name was Jackson when he enlisted but he is not positive) in Captain Davis's Company - That said Regiment as part of it lay at Philips Town a-coursed when he enlisted that he served in said 10th Regiment about 18 months at or near Continental village.

about the Highlands in different places & at the expiration of that time when the army was disbanded after the peace in 1783 he was transferred to the 3 d Massachusetts Regiment under Colonel Jackson, Captain Davis, & all the 3 years men being picked out & transferred from the 10 th to the 3 d Regt. together with this Lieutenant. That after his said transfer he was stationed at West Point in garrison & did garrison duty on the Point until the expiration of his said three years. That he is well known to all Jonathan Ewen & John Valentine & many other gentlemen in this city who can & will testify to his character for veracity. That said Ewen & Valentine & also his old fellow soldiers William Colegrove a resident of Cayuga County are now present to testify to his actual services during the war that they were in his old company under Captain Campbell when he first enlisted. He hereby relinquishes any claim to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his means is not the private will of any agency of any State. Sworn & subscribed to Jacob Fletcher in open Court the day & year as aforesaid  John Barberie  clerk 
We Jonathan Ewen & John Valentine of the City of New York & William Colegrove of Cayuga in the State of New York do hereby certify upon our respective oaths that we

are well acquainted with Jacob Dutcher who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration - And have so known him since & during the Revolutionary War, that we believe him to be 67 years of age - that we perfectly well recollect his joining Capt. John C. Smith's Company at Continental Village in 1780 - that we were also members of that company at that time - that we recollect also his joining the Massachusetts line after he left our camp - and during that the year of his being after which transferred to West Point - being in the habit of seeing him very frequently during the years 1780, 81, 82, 83 - that we have the fullest confidence in his veracity & integrity & believe he served as he states & knows most of the facts by him stated to be true from his knowledge.
Sworn & subscribed to the day & year aforesaid in duplicate John Barlow Clerk
Jonathan Drown Wm Clegg John in  in Mark Valentine
And the said Board do hereby certify their opinion after the investigation to the matter & after hearing the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above named Jacob Dutcher was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Board further certifies that it appears to them that Jonathan Drown & John Valentine are respectable residents of New City & William Clegg a resident of Poughkeepsie all of whom have subscribed & sworn to the above certificate.

no credible persons & their statements entitled to full credit - By the Court.
John Barberie, Clerk
I John Barberie Clerk of the Common Pleas in the City of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceed- ings & the record in the matter of the application of Jacob Dutcher for a pension in the time whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal to office this 13 th day of October 1832.
John Barberie
14526 Jacob Dutcher's application for a pension.

No 14631 David Dutcher New York City N.Y.
admitted. 24 mo. Private.
John N Taylor No 3 Wagon Street New York City NY

Coly County of New York  BRIEF in the case of Jacob Patchin  in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 69  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     Enlisted In 1780 3 Private Col Hews Capt Campbell   " 1781 " " Jackson " Davis  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Patchin Co NY.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living Witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Not connected 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Dyer Castor Examining Clerk.

Rev. and 1312 Wars Section NWF/eel
June 11, 1929
Edward H. Dutcher 115 North Forest Avenue Rockville Centre Long Island, New York
Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.12825, it appears that Jacob Dutcher was born August 14, 1765, at Phillipstown, Dutchess (later Putnam) County, New York.
He enlisted at said Phillipstown, in the fall of 1780, and served one year in Captain John Campbell's (Junior) Company, Colonel Hugh Hews' New York Regiment.
He enlisted in the fall of 1781, and served three years in Captain Davis' Company, Colonel Jackson's Massachusetts Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 12, 1832, at which time he was living in New York City.
There are no data as to family.
The above noted Jacob Dutcher is the only soldier of that name that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Respectfully,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

Rev Wm
12825 INVALID.
File No. _____
Jacob Dutcher Wm Rev. Har
Act: June 7 th 1932
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1929- June 11- Miss E. Edward H. Dutcher adj.
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Jacob Dutcher city NY. pri. 80# act. June '32. last paid?
31 Dec. 1841
5 th to 4 th March 1836 S th
JM

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of See Note here which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? Yes IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? VII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

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Address:
115 North Forest Avenue Rockville Centre Long Island, N.Y.
Monday, Jan. 21, 1929
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
My dear Sir:
Realizing full well that I am trespassing unduly upon your time I beg to ask if you will graciously send me all available information you may have of Jacob Dutcher (who served in the Dutchess County Militia, New York State, Sixth Regiment, in command of Colonel Morris Graham) (Revolutionary War) through a pension he might have received from the United States Government.
I am endeavoring to ascertain whether or not I am eligible for membership in The Sons of The American Revolution. My third-great grandfather, Jacob Dutcher, I believe is the man mentioned above, but still there persists a doubt until I can verify what records I have with facts from Washington.
If Jacob Dutcher did receive a pension would you be kind enough to send me any personal information concerning him, which may appear on his pension record. Such facts which would be of the most value include: Jacob Dutcher's parents' names, date and place of birth, date and place of marriage, his wife's name, names of any children he may have had, and date and place of death.
Anything you may be in a position to do to aid me will be deeply appreciated.
May I have the pleasure of hearing from you in the near future.
Very respectfully yours,
Edward H. Dutcher
Edward H. Dutcher